The following frequency distribution shows the number of crimes committed in a sample of 100 urban neighborhoods.   Number of crimes                                    Frequency of Neighborhoods                0-9                                                   10            10-19                                                   20            20-29                                                   30            30-39                                                   30            40-49                                                   10           N                                                           100   What is the (approximate) mean of this distribution?                           What is the (approximate) standard deviation of this distribution?                       Construct a histogram for this frequency distribution.(Be sure to use appropriate labels.)                         In a normal distribution with a mean of 72 and a standard deviation of 12:   What percentage of cases will fall above 80?                 What is the probability that a randomly selected case falls between 60 and 68?                       What is the value of x at the 10th percentile?                       What percentage of observations fall below 90?

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The following frequency distribution shows the number of crimes committed in a sample of 100 urban neighborhoods.

 

Number of crimes                                    Frequency of Neighborhoods

               0-9                                                   10

           10-19                                                   20

           20-29                                                   30

           30-39                                                   30

           40-49                                                   10

          N                                                           100

 

  1. What is the (approximate) mean of this distribution?

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

  1. What is the (approximate) standard deviation of this distribution?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Construct a histogram for this frequency distribution.(Be sure to use appropriate labels.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. In a normal distribution with a mean of 72 and a standard deviation of 12:

 

  1. What percentage of cases will fall above 80?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What is the probability that a randomly selected case falls between 60 and 68?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What is the value of x at the 10th percentile?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What percentage of observations fall below 90?

 

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